A man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Lake Superior Court Judge Gina Jones on Wednesday sentenced Anthony Day, 56, to 102 years in prison for the death of Ajohnte Griffin. Day was convicted in March on three of five charges for shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her new boyfriend in Gary in 2017.
Defense attorney Scott King told the court that despite his violent offenses, Day is not “the worst of the worst” and still managed to be a respectful son and brother, and a productive member of society. He also took issue with the victim’s testimony transcript, which caused a first trial to end in a mistrial.Authorities accused Day of showing up uninvited to the woman’s Gary home, shooting her in the collarbone and then killing Griffin, 36, of East Chicago, after the woman had run out the door.
The biggest issue in the appeal, King said, would be the fact that prosecutors read the transcript rather than having jurors see a witness and being able to judge her credibility in person. The woman had checked her windows and doors to make sure they were locked, then started taking a bath, court records state. While in the bathroom, the woman said she heard a commotion from a west bedroom of her home and discovered Griffin struggling with Day, records state.
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